Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 3814, Daniel Frost, Mass

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Frost, Daniel Barnah
R. 3814
CONTENTS
3

N. 661 Vermont
Daniel Frost
of Orleans in the State of Vermont who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Beck of the Regt commanded by Col Whitcomb in the Mass Proops
9. No Private. $ 30.00
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 30 Dollars per per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 rd day of June 1833 and sent to Benjamin, Glaser At
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 60.00 Semi-annual allowance ending Sept " 15. "
$ 75.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. D. Sprague Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 3 - Page 64

Daniel Frost Declaration
19/22

State of Vermont 9 At a Probate Court held in Orleans County for St. Albans within and for the County of Orleans on this 3 rd day of October 1832 Present the Hon. John Kimball Judge personally appeared in Open Court Daniel Frost a resident of St. Albans in the County of Orleans and State of Vermont aged 78 years who being first duly sworn according to law sooth on his Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Bankruptcy passed June 4 th 1832 — That I enlisted at Rutland in the County of Worcester and State of Massachusetts as a Militia man into a Company which which belonged to Col. Whitecomb's but the name of the officer I do not recollect nor the exact time of my enlistment but know it was soon after we had finished cutting our meadow hay and the year in which Burgoyne and his Army was taken that a number of others enlisted at the same time and place with me whose names I do not recollect but the names of three of those who enlisted with me were Laddack Gates — James Hubbard and Daniel Stone all of which belonged in said Rutland and we were all enlisted on the same day and marched with the remainder of the Company through Peterboro — Northampton in Mass. and through Brattleboro & Manchester in Vermont and joined the Main Army at Bennington some time before the taking of Burgoyne and were put in Whitecomb's Regiment was at the taking of Burgoyne and his Army soon after the taking of Burgoyne I was taken sick sick with Camp sickness and after I had been confined between one and two weeks the doctor said I should not recover my health so as to do any more duty during my enlistment and said if I could get I might return home which I accordingly set out for home with Laddack Gates who also had a furlough to return home with me but I was so weak at that time as not to be able to travel but a few miles in a day and soon after my return the others got home who went out from Rutland for the same time with me which was late in the fall or first of winter after I got home I received pay for my three months service in Continental paper money which soon became little or nothing worth — Some time after my return home from my first enlistment I enlisted again at Rutland as a Militia

man into a company commanded by Capt David Sturtevant (of said Rutland County). Patrick the Company name was Newport and belonged in Brattle in said Rutland County for the term of three months the exact time of my enlistment I cannot recollect but remember that we joined the Army at Washington point in the same Col. (Whitecomb Regiment) that we were under at St. L. water) and continued at Washington point during my three months enlistment and returned home so as to do our Spring Work —
In the summer after my three months enlistment of which last mentioned had terminated and when I was in the field making hay with my Father in Rutland before mentioned an Officer came into the field where we at work and said he wanted men and enlisted and started the next morning for Newport Rhode Island and joined Capt Hutton's Company (Hutton from Peterboro) of Malitia Mares Smith Company of Brattle was Lieut — (whose daughter I afterwards married for my life) Jason Reed of Rutland was Orderly Sergeant — we joined a Regiment commanded by the same Col. Whitecomb before mentioned but I did not go on the Town of Newport but we moved on to the Island with about ten thousand men under the command of Gen. Sullivan but as near as I can recollect we retreated from the Island within one or two weeks from the time we went on after the retreat we crossed Providence Bridge and were Stationed within a few miles westerly side of the River from Providence where we continued until my last three months enlistment had expired — my services were all in the Massachusetts Malitia as I suppose and I never had any written discharge and have no documentary evidence of service
I was born in Cambridge Mass. and moved with my Father's family to Rutland at about eight years years of age where I lived until I was about 28 years old then moved to Boston where I lived one year then removed to Marlborough in the County of Middlesex where I lived about five years then removed to Brattleborough where I lived about six then removed to Brattle in the State of Vermont and in Williams Town adjoining where I lived until I removed to the Town of Glover my present place of residence which was in the year 1841 — I suppose there is a record of my age in Cambridge

the place of my birth —
I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State —
Witness and signed the day and year aforesaid —
Daniel Frost
I John Crane of Glaser in the County of Orleans a justice of the Peace within and for said County do certify that I have been acquainted with Daniel Frost who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration thirty long years and have often heard him relate the circumstances of his being in the Revolutionary war more than thirty years ago which according to my best recollection corresponds with this declaration by him subscribed I believe him to be 74 years of age & believe it to be a common report and belief in the neighborhood where he resides that he was a soldier of the revolution and I concur in that opinion and I fully believe that he served as stated by him — Witness and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
John Crane
I Reuben Mason a clergyman and Pastor of the Congregational Church and Society in Glaser and Joseph Owen justice of the Peace within and for the County of Orleans both residents of the Town of Glaser do certify that we are well acquainted with Daniel Frost who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration that we believe him to be 74 years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and we concur in that opinion and we fully believe that he served as stated in his declaration — Witness and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Reuben Mason Joseph Owen

And the said Court the foregoing record, their opinion after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department and after the investigation of that the matter that the above named applicant was a Non-Unionary Soldier and served as such in the States, and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Keuben Munn who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman in the town of Glouster who and that John Deane and Joseph Deane Esq. who have signed the preceding certificate are Residents in said town of Glouster and are outside of the War and that their statements contain the truth.  I John H. Kimball Register of the said Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Daniel Pratt for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal at this time the 3rd day of October A.D. 1882.  John H. Kimball Register

19. 122 Daniel Frost Orleans 6 th Verm t
Admitted
9 mos p 30.
Pensioner Glover V t

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Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, showing the Service of Daniel Frost
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     after cutting in M a g h May " " in the year in which Burgoyne was taken 3 Private officers not rec d collected Capt Bapt Capt Watton Col s Whitcomb Col s Whitcomb Col s Whitcomb Taking of Burgoyne Scotland to Still water Stationed Dorchester Falling exp. v. itan 78 years Dorchester Mass ts Fr a citation of Cluymann   3 "   3 "   9  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted: This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers, the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c. ]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of A. B.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (or) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and at what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
6. { To a Soldier. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?  To an Officer. Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons - one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The testimonial evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is hereby requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
(a) The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule and laws for his absence.
(b) The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
(c) The age of the claimant must essentially be mentioned.
(d) The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served. Every Continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of his age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
(e) It is important, in all cases, to ascertain with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the reason to be made according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , or two months , and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, or without specifying the time, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It cannot, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
(f) The law makes the enlistment subsequent.
(g) The opinion of the Court is always required.
(h) The Clerk must give his attendance in every case.
(i) The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certification of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certification of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
(1) In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to swear in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regularity, conduct, and time to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
(2) The notes from (a) to (c) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule is more difficult to procure than any other.
(3) The testimonial evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
(4) If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
(5) The answers to the interrogatories should be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Certificate
Under the running title "Marriages" in the church records of my predecessor Rev. Isaiah Bane is the following: "Daniel Frost, & Hannah Smith Bane. Vizeth September One thousand seven hundred & Seventy nine."
I certify that the above is a true copy of the record, with the exception of the date which is expressed in this record in full Arabic figures as follows: Daniel Frost, Nuttall & Hannah Smith Bane 30 Sept 1879.
James Thompson
I James Thompson, above named depose & say that I hold the office of Minister of the Gospel in Baire, County of Worcester State of Massachusetts and that the above is a true & exact copy of the records of said Church with the exception above named as certified by me.
James Thompson, Minister of the Gospel Baire
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester County ss August 22 d 1888 Then the above named James Thompson personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the above facts by him subscribing.
Before me Lyman Sibley Juy. Clerk

Commonwealth of Massachusetts - Worcester ss. I. Jos. G. Mendall, Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court within and for said County, certify that Lyman Silley, within named, is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly qualified, and that the signature of his name, within written, appears to be in his own hand writing.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court, at Worcester, this Twenty third day of August A. D. 1838
Jos. G. Mendall Clerk

4461 V 4461 Willow Hannah Frost.
Declaration Oct 7/1938
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Hon. S. Grentup Seals

State of Vermont of At a Probate Court held at Glance Orleans County ss) within and for said County on the 14 th day of September A.D. 1932 before me Hon. Joseph Wiggins Judge personally appeared before said Court Hannah Frost aged 77 years widow of Daniel Frost late of said Glance deceased who being first sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed 7 th July 1932
That her said husband served as a soldier in the War of the Revolution for which he was placed on the pension roll of the Vermont Agency at the rate of thirty dollars per annum under the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1932
She further states that her name before marriage was Hannah Smith that she resided in Braintree in the County of Worcester in the State of Massachusetts where she was married to her said husband the said Daniel Frost at said Braintree by the Rev. — Dyer Minister of said Braintree on the 30 th day of September 1779 she further states that her said husband died on the 21 st day of April 1932 since which she has ever rema- ined and still remains his lawful widow — she also further states that after her marriage to the said Daniel Frost they lived in Braintree Mass. and in Williamstown in Vermont but for the last twenty seven years have lived in Glance aforesaid
her Hannah F. Frost mark
Sworn and Subscribed on the day and year above written
Before me Joseph Wiggins Judge of Probate
I, Eliza Frost of Glance in the County of Orleans and State of Vermont age fifty years of age and say that I am son to Daniel Frost late of Glance deceased and Hannah Frost widow to the said Daniel, that my Father applied for a pension under the act of Congress of 7 th June 1932 and obtained a certificate to draw thirty dollars per annum which was not received until after his death and my Mother received the pension during her life. I further state that my Father died on the 21 st day of April 1932 since which time my Mother the said Hannah has ever remained and still remains his widow
Sworn and Subscribed the day and year above written Before me Joseph Wiggins Judge of Probate Eliza Frost

And the said Court Do hereby declare their opinion That the within named applicant is the Widow of Daniel Frost and that he served in the Army of the Revolution and that he died on the 21 day of April 1833 as she has in her declaration set forth and That she still remains unmarried and the Widow of said Daniel Frost And the Court further declare That Elen Frost who has sworn and subscribed the within affidavit is a credible witness and his statement entitled to full credit.
Joseph Wiggins Judge of Probate
State of Vermont Orleans District
I Geo. Nye Register of the Probate Court for the District of Orleans, hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings had in said Probate Court in the matter of the application of Hannah Frost for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this 18 th day of September AD 1838
Geo. Nye Register

I know all Men by their presents that I Daniel Frost son and heir of Hannah Frost, Widow of Daniel - do hereby appoint S. D. Kimball of Barton in the County of Orleans & State of Vermont, My true and lawful Attorney for me and in my name place & and stand to do and transact any business with the Comrs of Pensions, in relation to a pension that may have been due my said mother at her decease. And I the said Daniel Frost of Glover in the County of Orleans and State of Vermont, for myself and the other heirs of the said Hannah - do hereby revoke all other agencies, in relation to the said pension, and make the said S. D. Kimball our last & only agent. Signed Sealed and delivered in presence of Hazen Kimball Abigail Kimball Daniel Frost
State of Vermont, Orleans County ss At Barton in said County on this 13th of October A. D. 1857, personally came Daniel Frost, and say he acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney by him signed to be his free act and deed. — before me —
John L. Woodworth Justice Peace

State of Vermont } Orleans County } I, S. D. Kimball, Clerk, of Orleans County legal the State of Vermont, do certify that J. H. Woodman whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing certificate was at the date thereof an acting justice of the Peace duly qualified and authorized by the laws of this State to administer oaths and take acknowledgments of deeds and other instruments.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said court, at Gran- by in said Co this 21 st day of October, A. D., 1854. S. D. Kimball } Clerk }

This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, DEPARTMENT OF THE
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
April 23, 1897.
Madam:-
Replying to your request for information concerning Ezra Dibble and Daniel Frost, soldiers of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that a very careful search has been made and from the data given the name name of Ezra Dibble has not been found upon the Revolutionary war pension records on file in this Bureau.
Daniel Frost made an application for pension on October 3, 1832, at which time he was 78 years of age and residing in Orleans County, Vermont, and his pension was allowed for nine months' actual service as a private in the Mass. troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Bent and Col. Whitcomb. He enlisted at Rutland, Mass.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mrs. William H. Hoyt,
South Norwalk, Conn.

4461
Late Hon. S. Prentiss July 28 '39 - SD Kimball Octo 28 1854
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act. 7 th July - 1838
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Apr. 28. 1897. History to Mrs. W m H. Hoyt South Norwalk, Conn.
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJE CTED
814
P. O.
Hannah Frost
Service: widow of Daniel
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Barton, Orleans County Vermont
November 26 th 1838
James L. Richards Esq.
Sir enclosed is the declaration of Thomas Rose for a pension under the act of Congress passed 7 th June 1832. It is not known that there is any person living except Reuben Child by whom his service can be proved in the first year of the war but probably the evidence of Child will be sufficient for eight Months service — If you have the Book of the service under Col. Benjamin Bellows at the taking of Burgoyne in 1777 I think his name will there be found —
on 2 d of October I forwarded some additional evidence of the service of Samuel Farnsworth for which his Widow Anna Farnsworth is claiming a pension — Evidence similar to that sent was taken and forwarded in April last to the care of the Hon. Mr. Hubbard Senator from Vt. with a request for him to present it and give his opinion as to credibility of the Witness as far as he was acquainted, but that evidence by some means has been lost, I hope Sir that her case will receive your immediate attention if it has not already received it — as it is over last June since she made her declaration —
on the 16 th Oct. I forwarded the declaration of a Habitable Cook, Hannah Frost and Experience Horton and on the 23 d of this Month I forwarded the declaration of Mary Baldwin & Mary Sophia Webster — I hope you will please to let me have a return on the above cases (including the declaration of T. Rose) as soon as conveniently may be —
With much Esteem Yours John Kimball.

26/72 At 22 7/9/83 7/9/83 Land & Forest
James L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions War department Washington
Mr. D. M. ...

James L. Edmends Esqr
Sir enclosed is the declaration of Hannah Frost for a portion under the law of July 7 th 1835 - her husband was placed on the Pension Roll under the act of Congress passed 7 th June 1832 but deceased before he drew a pension but his widow draw what was his due —
Please to make return to me as soon as convenient & oblige Yours John Rindge
Buxton Me Orleans County Vermont October 15 th 1835

Bartons, Vermont, Oct. 18-1854.
Sir
Enclosed please find a power of Atty from Danl Frost - Son of Hannah Frost, he says application has been made - and papers filed for a pension by the heirs of said Hannah by a former agent, Danl Frost Senior the husband of said Hannah - was a pensioner of the U.S. and the proof of service for which he drew his pension must be relied upon to establish the claim of the heirs of the Widow under the act of July 1 1848. It certainly appears to me that a liberal construction of said act will give the children of the Widow the benefit of it.
There has been cases in this State where the Widow had filed her declaration for a pension under either the act of 4 th July 1836, or 7 th July 1838, and deceased, before the passage of the act July 1 1848, that the children had the benefit of said act , and drew the pension.
If the heirs have not made sufficient proof in this case please inform me what further is required.
I am Sir, Respectfully, Your Obedt Servt, L. D. Kimball
L. D. Waldo, Com d of Pensions, Washington, D.C.

From Mrs William H Hoyt. South Norwalk Ct. Box 765.
To the Pension Department, Washington D C
I am referred to you by A G Hoag, Town clerk of Danbury Ct. for record and service in the Revolutionary War I find by said clerk, that Ebene Dibble of Danbury, in the New Haven alarm 1779 Irons Invasion of Connecticut, that he was captain of Militia Company at the time. Anything in addition will be welcome, Also, if Daniel Frost from New York was an Officer in the Navy, in the Revolution ary War .